Audio - Crime 2002

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James Patterson Four Blind Mice Published March 2003 by ISIS at Ł17.99 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Garrick Hagon
The new Alex Cross thriller from James Patterson
Now the Mastermind is in prison, Alex Cross is ready to leave the Washington Police Force - until John Sampson arrives and begs him to take on one last case. Sampson’s best friend has been accused of an horrific triple murder. Three women have been knifed at an Army base. His fingerprints and DNA have been found, but Sampson’s friend swears he has been framed and that Alex is his only hope.
‘James Patterson does everything but stick our finger in the light socket to give us a buzz’ New York Times
Garrick Hagon's many films include Batman, Star Wars, Cry Freedom, A Bridge Too Far, The Message and Antony and Cleopatra. On British TV he has been seen in A Perfect Spy and Oppenheimer. He has also worked extensively in English Theatre, including appearances at the National Theatre in After the Fall, and in the West End in All My Sons. On BBC radio he is a familiar reader of novels and short stories.
7 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 8 hrs
About The Author
James Patterson grew up Newburgh, New York, fifty miles north of New York City where he currently resides. Patterson majored in English at Manhattan College.
Patterson's first novel published in 1976 when he was twenty-seven years old. Patterson, who says he ‘lives full time’, has since written over half a dozen novels and has been hailed as mastermind of the page-turning thriller.

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Malcolm Pryce Last Tango in Aberystwyth Published November 2003 by ISIS at Ł17.99 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Gareth Armstrong Born in Wales and a graduate in Drama from Hull University, Gareth Armstrong started his career in regional repertory theatres. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in London's West End in plays by Torn Stoppard, Agatha Christie and Noel Coward.
He has directed Much Ado About Nothing and A Winter's Tale for the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, where he was an Artistic Director for three years. As an Associate Director of the American-based Shakespeare company, Acter, he has undertaken three tours of the USA.
He broadcasts regularly for the BBC and plays a running character in the radio serial The Archers.
6 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 8 hrs
About The Author
Malcolm Pryce had many jobs before writing Aberystwyth Mon Amour, working as an aluminium salesman and as an advertising copywriter in Singapore. He also wrote tourist promotional-advertising for the former headhunting tribes of Borneo. In August 1998 he quit his job, booked a passage on a cargo ship bound for South America and set to work writing this novel. He now lives in Bangkok.

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Malcolm Pryce Aberystwyth Mon Amour Published April 2003 by ISIS at Ł16.99 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Gareth Armstrong
Schoolboys are disappearing all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why. Louie Knight, the town’s private investigator discovers that yet another boy has gone missing when Myfanwy Montez, the star of Wales’ most notorious nightclub, the Moulin, comes to ask him to track down her missing cousin, Evans the Boot. He soon realises that it is going to take more than a double ripple from Sospan, the philosopher cum ice-cream seller, to help find out what is happening to these boys and whether or not Lovespoon, the Welsh teacher, Grand Wizard of the Druids and controller of the town, is more than just a sinister bully. And just who was Gwenno Guevara?
‘Original, inventive, ambitious, playful and funny’ Independent
Born in Wales and a graduate in Drama from Hull University, Gareth Armstrong started his career in regional repertory theatres. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in London's West End in plays by Torn Stoppard, Agatha Christie and Noel Coward.
He has directed Much Ado About Nothing and A Winter's Tale for the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, where he was an Artistic Director for three years. As an Associate Director of the American-based Shakespeare company, Acter, he has undertaken three tours of the USA.
He broadcasts regularly for the BBC and plays a running character in the radio serial The Archers.
6 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 7 hrs 5 mins
About The Author
Malcolm Pryce had many jobs before writing Aberystwyth Mon Amour, working as an aluminium salesman and as an advertising copywriter in Singapore. He also wrote tourist promotional-advertising for the former headhunting tribes of Borneo. In August 1998 he quit his job, booked a passage on a cargo ship bound for South America and set to work writing this novel. He now lives in Bangkok.

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Ian Rankin Watchman Published January 2004 by Orion Audio at Ł13.00 ISBN: 0-75286 035 6
Read by Roger Allam
Bombs are exploding in the streets of London, but life seems to have planted more subtle booby-traps for Miles Flint. Miles is a spy. His job is to watch and to listen, then to report back to his superiors, nothing more. The job, offering glimpses into the most private lives of his victims, appeals to Miles. He doesn’t lust after promotion, and he doesn’t want action. He wants, just for once, not to botch a case. Having lost one suspect - with horrific consequences - Miles becomes too involved with another, a young Irishwoman. His marriage seems ready to crumble to dust. So does his home. He is being pursued by `The Hell-Raiser of Fleet Street’ reporter Jim Stevens, who also has his sights set on MP Harry Sizewell.
Meanwhile, Miles, pursuing dreams of beetles and moles, is given one last chance for redemption - a trip to Belfast, which quickly becomes a flight of terror, murder and shocking discoveries. But can the voyeur survive in a world of violent action?
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 30 mins Abridged by Katrin WilliaMS Produced by Elspeth Santa Clara
About The Author
In His Own Words…

Born in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland In 1960. Attended local comprehensive school, then went on to University of Edinburgh. MA in English Literature (specialising in US Literature). Then started studying towards a PhD in the Modern Scottish Novel, but wrote my own stuff instead. Early "successes" were with poetry and the short story. One story raged out of control and became, my first novel, The Flood.
Married in 1986 and moved to London. Worked as a secretary at the National Folktale Centre, then as a journalist (rising to acting editor) on monthly music magazine hi-fi Review. Dropped out in 1990 and moved to the French countryside. This pastoral idyll failed to stop me writing dark, dark fictions.
Was elected a Hawthornden Fellow in 1988. Won Chandler-Fullbright Award in 1992. Won CWA Short Story Dagger in 1994 (or was it '95?); same story shortlisted for 1995 Anthony award. Won the Short Story 'Dagger' again in 1996, and celebrated by moving back to Scotland.
Two sons, Jack and Kit. Er.....that's it.

Ian Rankin is the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2’s ‘Newsnight Review’, he also presented his own TV series ‘Ian Rankin’s Evil Thoughts’, on Channel 4 in 2002. His most recent novel, Resurrection Men, was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller in both hardback and paperback. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh.

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Ian Rankin A Good Hanging Vol 1 Published October 2003 by Orion Audio at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-75286 029 1
Read by James Macpherson
Four stories starring Detective Inspector John Rebus and set in Edinburgh - a city that gives birth to crimes of passion, accident and long-hidden jealousy.
A Good Hanging is set during Festival time. When a scaffold, a prop in a Fringe play, is used for a real hanging, is it a prank, or a publicity stunt gone wrong ... or will Rebus discover that there is more to it? In The Dean Curse, Rebus is called out to investigate a stolen Jaguar XJS convertible which exploded along with the unfortunate thief. In Auld Lang Sync, Rebus reluctantly spends Hogmanay among the crowds thronging the Royal Mile and meets an acquaintance intent on `making peace’. Sunday finds Rebus in a contemplative mood ...
As well as many stage and screen roles, Macpherson has been DCI Jardine in Taggart for thirteen years.
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 2 hrs 30 mins
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Ian Rankin A Question of Blood Published August 2003 by Orion Audio at Ł12.99 ISBN: 0-75285 323 6
Read by James Macpherson
A shooting incident at a private school outside Edinburgh. Two seventeen-year-olds killed by an ex-Army loner. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, ‘there’s no mystery ... except the why’. But this question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. Ex-Army himself, Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer, and finds that he is not alone. Army investigators are on the scene, and won’t be shaken off. The killer had friends and enemies to spare - ranging from civic leaders to the local Goths - leaving behind a legacy of secrets and lies. Rebus has personal problems too. He is fresh out of hospital, hands heavily bandaged, and he won’t say how it happened. Could there be a connection with a house fire and the unfortunate death of a petty criminal who had been harassing Rebus’s colleague Siobhan Clarke? Rebus’s bosses seem to think so ...
‘James Macpherson deserves a special place in the audiobook hall of fame. He takes you inside Rebus’s head and makes you want to stay there.’ Christina Hardyment, lndependent
As well as many stage and screen roles, Macpherson has been DCI Jardine in Taggart for thirteen years.
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 40 mins Produced by Nicholas Jones
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Ian Rankin Beggars Banquet Volume 3 Published February 2003 by Orion Audio at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-75285 621 9
Read by James Macpherson
This is the third of three volumes on audio which include all twenty-one stories of the Beggars Banquet book, read unabridged. The Wider Scheme reveals more than first meets the eve. Unknown Pleasures looks at the new millennium from the dark side. Inspector Rebus investigates a blackmail in In The Frame. The Confession, which started out as a radio piece, is set in a police interview room. A hitman gets more than he bargained for in a crowded fairground in The Hanged Man. Rebus learns a thing or two from a veteran jailbreaker in Window of Opportunity. The Serpent’s Back explores the seedy side of Edinburgh in the 1790s. And in No Sanity Clause Rebus sees his girlfriend kissing Santa Claus ... All bear the hallmark of great crime writing. The hugely versatile James Macpherson relishes the variety of characters.
`[His] consistent level of excellence is unmatched in the field of British crime fiction.’ Marcel Berlins, The Times
As well as many stage and screen roles, Macpherson has been DCI Jardine in Taggart for thirteen years.
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hrs 40 mins
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Ian Rankin Strip Jack Published March 2003 by Orion Audio at Ł12.99 ISBN: 0-75285 248 5
Read by James Macpherson
MP Gregor Jack is caught in an Edinburgh brothel with a prostitute only too keen to show off her considerable assets. When the media horde begins baying for political blood Jack’s friends rally round to protect him. But some of those friends - particularly his wife’s associates are not so squeaky clean themselves.
Initially Detective Inspector Rebus is sympathetic to the MP’s dilemma - who hasn’t occasionally succumbed to temptation? - but with the disappearance of Jack’s wife the glamour surrounding the popular young man begins to tarnish. Someone wants to strip Jack naked and Rebus wants to know why ...
As well as many stage and screen roles, Macpherson has been DCI Jardine in Taggart for thirteen years.
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 30 mins
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Ian Rankin Beggars Banquet Volume 2 Published January 2003 by Orion Audio at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-75285 620 0
Read by James Macpherson
Short Stories Written And Introduced By Ian Rankin Read By James Macpherson
This is the second of three volumes on audio which will include all twentv-one stories of the Beggars Banquet book, read unabridged. The CWA Dagger-winning tale Herbert in Motion attempts the `perfect crime’. Glimmer is an acid-laced vision of rock bands in the late Sixties. The theme of bad luck permeates Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards. Editing gets creative in Video, Nasty. In Talk Show DI John Rebus takes on a case at Lowland Radio. Castle Dangerous is another Rebus investigation, with a clue provided by Sir Walter Scott himself. All bear the hallmark of great crime writing. The hugelv versatile James Macpherson relishes the variety of characters.
'[His] consistent level of excellence is unmatched in the field of British crime fiction' Marcel Berlins, The Times
As well as many stage and screen roles, Macpherson has been DCI Jardine in Taggart for thirteen years.
2 Cassettes Running Time: 3 hrs 30 mins
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Candace Robb The Fire in the Flint Published October 2003 by Soundings at Ł18.99 Buy direct from Soundings: order number (UK) 0191 253 4155 N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Lesley Mackie Born in Dundee and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy in Glasgow, Lesley won a Laurence Olivier Award in 1986 for her portrayal of Judy Garland in the musical play Judy. Her earliest appearances were opposite Billy Connolly in The Great Northern Welly-Boot Show and The Wicker Man, for which she recorded the title song. Lesley lives in Scotland with her two children and husband, actor Terry Wale.
A Londoner by birth, Terry Wale made his debut as a professional actor at the age of thirteen. He has been a member of the RSC and the National Theatre Company. He is also a director and writer, having won a London Theatre Critics Award nomination for his musical play Judy.
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Steven Saylor Arms of Nemesis Published November 2003 by ISIS at Ł19.99 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Peter Wickham
South of Rome on the Gulf of Puteoli stands the splendid villa of Marcus Crassus, Rome’s wealthiest citizen. When the estate overseer is murdered, Crassus concludes that the deed was done by two missing slaves, who have probably run off to join the Spartacus Slave Revolt. Unless they are found within five days, Crassus vows to massacre his remaining ninety-nine slaves.
Gordianus the Finder must unravel the mystery. In a house filled with secrets, the truth is slow to emerge, and Gordianus realises that the labyrinthine path he has chosen just may lead to his own destruction ...
Peter Wickham was bitten early by the travel bug, coming to England from New Zealand as a child. He has worked all over England and Wales in repertory and is determined to work more in Scotland! Acting and directing aboard the Q.E11 took him from Singapore to Venezuela, and a short season in Istanbul followed. In 1990 he directed and appeared in a revue on a tour of Czechoslovakia.
Many TV appearances started in Dixon of Dock Green (during its later years!) and include most recently A Sense of Guilt. But after theatre his favourite medium is sound; he has been heard many, many times on radio, in plays, reading poetry, short stories and serials.
9 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 11 hrs
About The Author
Steven Saylor was born in Texas in 1956 and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where he studied history and classics. He moved to San Francisco and was a newspaper editor (the San Francisco Sentinel), literary agent (most notably of Lars Eighner's memoir of homelessness Travels With Lizbeth) and autobiographical essayist (in the late John Preston's anthologies Hometowns, A Member of the Family and Friends and Lovers), before turning to writing his historical crime novels. He now lives in quiet seclusion in the college town of Berkeley, California where he can often be found doing research in the stacks of the University of California libraries unravelling 2,000 year old crimes of politics and passion.
Steven Saylor is the author of the ROMA SUB ROSA series of historical crime novels seven to date and more planned) set in Ancient Rome during the age of Julius Caesar and featuring the sleuth Gordianus the Finder.
Reviewers and readers alike have hailed Steven Saylor's gift for bringing the past to life and he has a steadily growing legion of loyal fans who devour each new book.
Why Ancient Rome for a setting? Firstly, Saylor has been fascinated by Ancient Rome since childhood but he also claims that "the final years of the Roman Republic offer a treasure trove of all the stuff that makes for a good read. There's political intrigue, courtroom drama, sexual scandal, extremes of splendour and squalor and no shortage of real life murder mysteries. Through it all, Gordianus has somehow managed not just to keep his head above water, but to raise a most unconventional family and always, eventually, to get to the truth of whatever puzzle he is investigating, no matter how great the danger or disturbing the revelation".
Each novel is impeccably researched and is epic in scope, rich in historical detail and provides a vivid depiction of political and social life in Ancient Rome. Each book takes as its starting point a story from Cicero's Orations. "The inclusion of a mystery plot at the center of each novel has posed no problem, as the historical sources offer no shortage of stabbings, poisonings, murder trails and other assorted mayhem. However I have also sought to build each book around a highly significant historical event, with an implicit theme large enough to support a full scale historical novel"
As such Roman Blood features Sulla's dictatorship and the debut of the lawyer Cicero, Arms of Nemesis features the slave revolt of Spartacus and A Murder On The Appian Way examines the murder of Clodius and the trial of Milo which precipitated the civil war between Pompey and Caesar and the ultimate demise of the Roman Republic.
Steven Saylor has also written short stories and essays for the San Francisco Review of Books, The Threepenny Review and Ellery Queen Mystery Series and many of his short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. He is also the author seven volumes of erotic fiction under the penname Aaron Travis.

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Alexander McCall Smith Tears of the Giraffe Published August 2003 by ISIS at Ł16.99 Buy direct from ISIS: freephone order number (UK) 0800 731 5637 or click on the Order button to visit their website N.B. P&P Ł2.50 or Ł3.50 for two or more titles
Read by Hilary Neville
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe - the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana’s only detective agency. In Tears of the Giraffe, Mma Ramotswe faces a new challenge: resolving a mother’s pain for her son who is long lost on the African plains. Mma Ramotswe’s own impending marriage to the most gentlemanly of men, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, the promotion of Mma’s secretary to the dizzy heights of Assistant Detective, and the arrival of new members to the Matekoni family, all brew up the most humorous and charmingly entertaining of tales.
Hilary Neville was born in Glasgow and read history at Cambridge University before pursuing a publishing career for eight years. After training at Webber Douglas Academy she worked in theatre, TV and radio. Now based in Edinburgh, Hilary has recorded many short stories for the BBC, also dramas, book serialisations and numerous voice-overs. She is a narrator for Sky TV’s History Channel and enjoys performing words-and-music programmes all over Scotland.
5 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 30 mins
About The Author
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over forty books, including Heavenly Date and, most recently, Portuguese Irregular Verbs, both works of fiction. His collection of African stories, Children of Wax, received high critical acclaim and has been the subject of an award-winning film.

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